#The Library of Thorvald Boeck

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The Library of Thorvald Boeck

Harriet Backer

1902

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Harriet Backer (Norwegian painter) 1845 - 1932 Thorvald Boecks Bibliotek (The Library of Thorvald Boeck), 1902 oil on canvas

Nasjonalmuseet for Kunst, Arkitektur og Design, Oslo, Norway © photo Nasjonalmuseet for Kunst, Arkitektur og Design

Harriet Backer achieved recognition in her own time and was a pioneer among female artists both in the Nordic countries and in Europe generally. She is best known for her detailed interior scenes, communicated with rich colors and moody lighting.

Backer was born to an affluent family in Holmestrand in Vestfold county, Norway. She was the sister of pianist Agathe Backer Grøndahl. At 12, she moved with her family to Christiania (now Oslo) where she took lessons in drawing and painting, notably with Joachim Calmeyer. She studied with Johan Fredrik Eckersberg (1861–65) and with Norwegian theologian and artist Christen Brun (1828-1917) and attended the painting school of Knud Bergslien (1871–74). Later, she was a student of Eilif Peterssen and Léon Bonnat. She studied in Munich (1874-1878) and was associated with Madame Trélat's art school in Paris. Backer lived in Paris (1878-1888). She traveled extensively throughout Europe as a companion to her sister, the pianist Agathe Backer-Grøndahl, and she took further lessons in the course of these trips. She studied in Paris and Munich, and was influenced by impressionism, though her work is mostly classified as realist. She never belonged to any school but her work is often compared with that of her friend Eilif Peterssen. Harriet Backer worked in the tradition of realism in painting, where she is regarded as both a naturalist and an early impressionist. From 1889-1912, she operated an art school and was an influence on a number of younger artists including Marie Hauge, Lars Jorde and Henrik Lund. She also gave art lessons to the novelist Cora Sandel. Harriet Backer won a silver medal at the Exposition Universelle (1889) and received the King's Medal of Merit in Gold (Kongens fortjenstmedalje i gull) in 1908. She was a member of Nordlendingenes Forening and in 1912 he was awarded the Petter Dass Metal (Petter Dass-medaljen). Several of the largest museums and art collections in Norway have pictures of Harriet Backer, including the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Bergen Museum, and Rasmus Meyers Collection at the Bergen Museum of Art.

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Harriet Backer (Norwegian, 1845–1932) • The Library of Thorvald Boeck • 1902 • National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo

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Harriet Backer - The Library of Thorvald Boeck, 1902

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'Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors. Across the millennia, the author is speaking, clearly and silently, inside your head, directly to you. The library connects us with the insight and knowledge, painfully extracted from Nature, of the greatest minds that ever were, with the best teachers, drawn from the entire planet and from all our history, to instruct us without tiring, and to inspire us to make our own contribution to the collective knowledge of the human species...

Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another. Books break the shackles of time ― proof that humans can work magic.' ― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

In Memoriam Harriet Backer, Norwegian painter who achieved recognition in her own time and was a pioneer among female artists both in the Nordic countries and in Europe generally. Harriet Backer is best known for her detailed interior scenes, communicated with rich colours and the interplay of light and shadow (1845-1932)

"The Library of Thorvald Boeck (Thorvald Boecks bibliotek)", 1902

By Harriet Backer (Norwegian, 1845-1932) #artbyfemaleartists #scandinavianfemaleartists

oil on canvas; 94.5 x 89 cm (37.2 x 35 in.)

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© Photo credit: Børre Høstland | Nasjonalmuseet

About the Artist — Source the Nasjonalmuseet https://bit.ly/3tRIv8d

Mia Feigelson Gallery

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The Library of Thorvald Boeck (1902)

Artist: Harriet Backer

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Harriet Backer

The Library of Thorvald Boeck

1902

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Harriet Backer - The Library of Thorvald Boeck

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Thorvald Boecks bibliotek

Harriet Backer, 1902

Maleri, olje på lerret

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Harriet Backer (1845-1932, Norwegian) ~ The Library of Thorvald Boeck, 1902

[Source: nasjonalmuseet.no]

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Harriet Backer - Thorvald Boeck’s Library (1902)

Thorvald Olaf Boeck (August 15, 1835 – April 21, 1901) was a Norwegian jurist, civil servant, and book collector. He is known for assembling what was the largest private library of its time in Norway. (source)

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Org members as famous pieces of art?

I freakin love art so I might do a part 2 to this if there’s enough interest

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Xemnas - Women of Eger, 1867 - Bertalan Szekely

Xigbar - Nighthawks, 1942 - Edward Hopper

Xaldin - The Fall of the Damned, 1620 - Peter Paul Rubens

Vexen - The School of Athens, 1509-1511 - Raphael

Lexaeus - Liberty Leading the People, 1830 - Eugène Delacroix

Zexion - The Library of Thorvald Boeck, 1902 - Harriet Backer

Saix - Pietà, 1498 - Michelangelo

Axel - The Burning of the House of Parliament, 1835 - J.M.W. Turner and William Turner

Demyx - The Ninth Wave, 1850 - Ivan Aivazovsky

Luxord - The Birth of Venus, 1485 - Sandro Botticelli

Marluxia - Water Lilies, 1919 - Claude Monet

Larxene - Judith Beheading Holofernes, 1598 - Caravaggio

Roxas - Young Hare, 1502 - Albrecht Dürer

Xion - Almond Blossoms, 1890 - Vincent van Gogh

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Harriet Backer (Norwegian, 1845-1932) • The Library of Thorvald Boeck • 1902

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The Library of Thorvald Boeck - Harriet Backer

30-DAY WRITING PROMPTS CHALLENGE

Day 4: Write a brief obituary for an inanimate object near you.

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THE HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD BOOKSHELF

Some are born to ride, others to carry the weight of the world. Those who knew her say her beauty never faded despite the old age and the heavy load. In her prime, her strength was unparalleled. Tall, imponent, compliant. Reliable like the most loyal of friends. Colourful at times. Never empty. The knowledge contained within her was most admirable. Many were against taking her down, and she put up a good fight for those who tried. No man could have accomplished that on his own. To the earth returns that which enlightened the lives of generations. May you rest in the infinite peace of rebirth.

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<strong>Harriet Backer - The Library of Thorvald Boeck [1902] <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/gandalfsgallery/">by Gandalf's Gallery</a></strong>

[Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo - Oil on canvas, 94.5 x 89 cm]